Aerial Close Up of the Promontory at Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon National Park

This is a high resolution close up aerial view of the  Promontory at Rainbow Point lookout in Bryce Canyon National Park. I  lensed this with a Hassleblad H5D 60mpx digital back so the detail is  very fine.  Click on the image to open the view up full screen and you can see  the very clear details of the rocks, snow and trees. You can even see on  the left lower side of the image where the fine reddish dust has blown  onto the snow, giving it a red tint.   

From this perspective you can clearly see the results of the long  term erosion process which has occurred over time. An ongoing cyclic  process of frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed  sedimentary rocks creates the iconic hoodoo structures. 

These unusual structures produce a very strange fortress or palisade  effect that strings along miles of cliff faces all throughout this  section of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Paunsaugunt is First Nations Paiute  language for ""Home of the Beaver". 

Some of these hoodoo structures  reach a height of 200 feet (60 m).  Though visually stunning, the hoodoos are not the main feature of the  park, instead it is the collection of giant natural amphitheaters that  range along the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau.  

You are  looking down into the tops of 2 of these natural amphitheaters here in  this image. 

This is from my ongoing project in which I am trying to  raise  awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain   unpopulated wilderness.    

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal    mission to introduce people to these amazing  locations that surround   us.    

If you are interested in helping with this project please consider upvoting and resteemit so that others may  experience these wondrous places as well.   

Yehaw!!